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William P. Bundy Secretary of State for Eastern Affairs
William P. Bundy, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, gives a speech justifying American actions in Vietnam. He claims that the cessation of aggression of the North Vietnamese is the primary goal of the United States. During his speech, Bundy discusses US objectives in Southeast Asia, why Southeast Asia is important, and his views of the history and colonization of Vietnam and US military and diplomatic policy. There is a brief Q and A after his speech.
Return to Vietnam
Date: 12/15/1974Call Number: KP 535Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: WBCN-FM Collection: General materials
This recording provides an update on Vietnam after American combat troops were removed. Reporter Danny Schecter visited Saigon, rural North Vietnam, Hanoi, and a liberated zone with the support of the IndoChina Peace Campaign. Danny discusses the process of reconstruction, how the North Vietnamese are trying to raise the standard of living amongst the people, the spirit and culture of reconstruction, and American guilt. He interviews a number of Vietnamese people who talk about their daily life. Fighting still occurring in the liberated zone is discussed, as well as political prisoners being held in Saigon (up to 200,000), political repression, secret police, etc. Finally a number of people are interviewed about how lasting peace will actually be achieved in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Publisher: Nancy Barrett, Lincoln BergmanFormat: mp3Program: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese President, in rare recording, speaks in English to express gratitude to people in the United States who oppose the war.
Jane Fonda on the Viet Nam Victory
Format: mp3Collection: Vietnam
Jane Fonda Speaks shortly after the Fall of Saigon at Pauley Ballroom on the U.C. Berkeley Campus about Vietnamese resistance to U.S. Bombing. on Nixon's propaganda surrounding the Viet Nam Victory, and its relation to the deception of the McCarthy Era.
Mario Savio Speaks at Sproul Hall
Format: mp3Collection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Mario Savio, one of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at UC Berkeley, from his famous speech just before the occupation of Sproul Hall.
Vietnam & Detroit Rebellion
Geronimo Ji Jaga discusses his experience of returning from a year of combat in Vietnam only to be ordered to repress an riot in Detroit that largely consisted of Black and disenfranchised peoples.
Madame Binh entreats US Congress
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Madame Binh expresses the whole of Vietnam's wish to be liberated from American aggression.
David Gilbert – A Lifetime of Struggle
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProducers: Lisa Rudman, Claude MarksCollection: Freedom Archives Productions
This 30-minute video was edited in March 2002 by Claude Marks and Lisa Rudman, and is based on an interview done in July of 1998 at Great Meadows Prison, Comstock, New York by Sam Green and Bill Siegel. Camera: Federico Salsano.
This is a rare opportunity to go behind prison walls for a discussion with David Gilbert, a lifelong anti-imperialist activist and former member of the Weather Underground Organization. David is now serving a life sentence in prison for activities in support of the Black Liberation Movement. He explains why he joined the movement, what led him to go underground, and frankly discusses the strengths and errors of the movement and the WUO.
SDS Educational Packet: Self-Determination
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Self-Determination
